Iranian attacks on nine U.S. locations across the Middle East in the two weeks since the cease-fire broke down show that the country maintains an ability to inflict damage on precise targets, despite the Trump administration’s repeated claims that Iran’s military capabilities have been diminished or destroyed.
A New York Times visual analysis of U.S. military bases and other sites found the strikes have caused damage to living quarters and working areas, drone shelters, radar systems and other structures.
One of the attacks, on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, killed three U.S. soldiers and wounded others. A military official told The Times that nearly a dozen troops were also wounded severely enough by Iranian missile and drone attacks in Jordan and other countries this month that they were flown to a U.S. military hospital in Germany for treatment.
Four of the sites, including Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, had already been struck in the first months of the war, when Iran hit a total of 18 military sites used by the U.S. in seven countries.
Determining the damage to U.S. military sites has been hindered by a lack of high-resolution satellite imagery of the region. The government has asked major U.S. satellite providers to withhold visuals — a longstanding practice that precedes the Trump administration — citing risks to U.S. troops.
But the locations of the bases are public knowledge, and Iran regularly and widely circulates imagery of their strikes on these and other U.S. targets as part of its propaganda efforts.